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Wednesday, 30 December 2015

National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020

The National Biotechnology Development Strategy -2015-2020 was unveiled by the Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi today. The Strategy aims to establish India as a world-class bio-manufacturing hub. It intends to launch a major mission, backed with significant investments, for the creation of new biotech products, create a strong infrastructure for R&D and commercialization, and empower India’s human resources scientifically and technologically.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan releasing the National Biotechnology Development Strategy -2015-2020

Mission

• Provide impetus to utilising the knowledge and tools to the advantage of Humanity • Launch a major well directed mission backed with significant investment for generation of new Biotech Products • Empower scientifically and technologically India’s incomparable Human Resource • Create a strong Infrastructure for R&D and Commercialisation • Establish India as a world class Bio-manufacturing Hub

Key Elements

• Building a Skilled Workforce and Leadership • Revitalizing the knowledge environment at par with the growing bio-economy • Enhance Research opportunities in basic, disciplinary and inter-disciplinary sciences • Encourage use-inspired discovery research • Focus on biotechnology tools for inclusive development • Nurturing innovation, translational capacity and entrepreneurship • Ensuring a transparent, efficient and globally best Regulatory system and communication strategy • Biotechnology cooperation- Fostering global and national alliances • Strengthen Institutional Capacity with redesigned governance models • Create a matrix of measurement of processes as well as outcome

Towards• Making India ready to meet the challenge of achieving US$100bn by 2025 • Launching Four Major Missions – Healthcare, Food and Nutrition, Clean Energy and Education • Creating a Technology Development and Translation network across the country with global partnership-5 new clusters, 40 Biotech incubators, 150 TTOs, 20 Bio-connect centres • Strategic and focussed investment in building the Human Capital by creating a Life Sciences and Biotechnology Education Council